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An oil treating system for use with a tank of oil on-board a tankship includes a container of oil treating agent, means for creating a plume of gas bubbles rising in the oil in the tank, a vent for allowing escape of gas from the tank, and means for introducing the oil treating agent into the plume

An oil treating system for use with a tank of oil on-board a tankship includes a container of oil treating agent, means for creating a plume of gas bubbles rising in the oil in the tank, a vent for allowing escape of gas from the tank, and means for introducing the oil treating agent into the plume of gas bubbles rising in the oil, whereby the rising bubbles induce upward flow in their vicinities in the oil with counterbalancing downward flows elsewhere in the oil, with turbulence generated by flow of oil around the bubbles and in their wakes, for rapid and efficient mixing of treating agent into the oil.

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An oil treating system for rapid and efficient mixing of an oil treating agent with oil in a tank of oil on-board a tankship, comprising a container of oil treating agent, means for creating a plume of gas bubbles rising in the oil in the tank, said means for creating a plume of gas bubbles comprisi

An oil treating system for rapid and efficient mixing of an oil treating agent with oil in a tank of oil on-board a tankship, comprising a container of oil treating agent, means for creating a plume of gas bubbles rising in the oil in the tank, said means for creating a plume of gas bubbles comprising a source of pressurized gas, a first conduit for delivery of said gas from said source to the bottom of said tank, and a second conduit disposed adjacent to the bottom of said tank, below the surface of said oil, for delivery of said gas from said first conduit to a multiplicity of spaced perforations defined in the wall of said second conduit, said gas passing from the second perforated conduit into said oil via said perforations, vent means for allowing escape of gas from said tank, and means for introducing said oil treating agent into said plume of gas bubbles rising in said oil, whereby rising gas bubbles induce upward flow in the oil in their vicinities with counterbalancing downward flows elsewhere in the oil, with turbulence generated by flow of oil around the bubbles and in their wakes, for rapid and efficient mixing of said treating agent into said oil.